Why Didn’t He Drive Her All The Way Home?
(C.Church/J.von Goes)
Jonnie Goes To Church is the product of Celia Church and Jon von Goes. Celia provides the melody, Jon writes the words.
Celia Church has spent half her life in Australia. She was born in Auckland NZ, her talent was noticed early when she was cast as Mary Magdalen in the school play version of Jesus Christ Superstar. She left school rebelliously early to pursue a musical career. She was still a teenager when she started singing in a latex sex party band called Nonoxynal 9 who toured all over NZ. She was still a teenager when she was invited to sing with the Headless Chickens who were huge at the time. And she accepted. Then she came to Melbourne.
She toured extensively with a couple of bands, Probe and The Red Eyes. She’s done her own solo pre-menopausal folk recordings and gigs. She had a massive connection with her soul music sister Julia Deans. Julia’s band Fur Patrol were no. 1 hit material in NZ. Celia gigged regularly and effortlessly with Julia. Julia went back to NZ and Celia is still spewin’.
Then she met Jon and her life took a turn. Jon is a guitar playing broadcaster. His radio show the JVG Radio Method on RRR is an institution. Jon has played in many bands. Many of his past band mates belong in institutions – The Scallywags, Mal Function and the Breakfast Dispensers, The Burning Souls, The Hollowmen, Aloi Head and the Victor Motors, Bulltwang, The Dave Last Orchestra, Big Square, The Leisuremasters, The Large Number 12s and The JVG Guitar Method to name some.
Jonnie Goes To Church is big in Archies Creek. Three gigs big. They were about to explode onto the musical landscape of Melbourne and then covid hit.
When Celia and Jon were doing some last minute rehearsing for their first gig supporting Tim Rogers and Davey Lane at the Archies Creek Hotel their music caused Tim to wake from an afternoon beer nap. Tim came out his room and asked, “Who the fuck wrote that?” Celia and Jon did.
Celia is a very good singer.
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